Musings, ramblings and thought provoking articles from our team of talented writers - all views expressed are their own!
How do you know when you’ve been raised by Irish parents? Is there a way to tell? I’m sure most Irish people will say there is a definite way to tell the difference between one who was raised Irish and one who was not. Every culture has it’s special customs and when people care about passing that culture down […]
Jackeens and culchies and boggers, oh my! Is the real Ireland Dublin’s fair city, the nation’s capital, or is it out there beyond the Pale? People often use the phrase ‘beyond the Pale’ without having the slightest notion of what ‘the Pale’ is. They usually know the phrase refers to something beyond civilized standards of […]
You are not alone if you see the color green and automatically think of Ireland. What if I told you that this assumption was learned? I was recently watching a movie preview that took place in Ireland. There was a couple who came to visit and there was a woman who represented the hotel where the foreigners would be […]
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Dublin is a beautiful European capital city, but is there an ancient and bitter rivalry lurking below the surface waiting to erupt in a merciless slagging? Those outside of Ireland can be forgiven for thinking that the deepest, bitterest divisions on this island have to do with the partition of the North. When people around […]
Have you ever made a wish into a well? Did that wish come true? In Ireland you may have heard of the hundreds of holy wells that are dispersed around the country. Considering the republic’s size, that is a lot of wells! The likelihood that wherever you stand in Ireland that you are also very close to […]
That is a very good question. That is to ask, “what is it about this country exactly that is so appealing?” Is it the Cliffs of Moher or the Guinness Brewery? Maybe, maybe not. There are other countries with cliffs and plenty of places with breweries. I believe it likely isn’t just one thing that […]
If you’ve spent any time in Ireland, you may have noticed that we are completely obsessed with the weather. More specifically, we are obsessed with hating the weather. While we have a few favorable phrases to describe weather we don’t mind too much, we have an infinite array of ways to describe how miserable the […]
Crann Bethadh otherwise known as “tree of life” has been a Celtic symbol for centuries. The history of this symbol is deeply rooted in religious and personal convictions among various other postulates. For instance, when land was newly acquired centuries ago in Ireland, the founders would plant or establish a tree within that perimeter. […]
You may remember in June when I posted about a U.N. committee on human rights and their recommendations to Ireland to hold a referendum and change its stringent abortion laws. These laws, to remind you, allow for abortion only in cases where the fetus endangers the life of the pregnant woman. Yesterday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny […]
